Snow shovel



April 24. 1928. 1,667,591

E. H. EDEN snow mm Filed-Hay 20, 192'? Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

EDWARD H. EDEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SNOW SHOVEL.

Application filed May 26,

walk onto a lawn, street or the like.

Specifically the improvement comprises a fiat segmental blade having itsrounded edge flanged upwardly, and belng provided with a pivotallysupported handle thatusswmgable to align with either of the stralghtedges secured thereon, whereby the handle may be arranged to propel theimplement at different angles through a bed of the blade and of snow.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a snow shovel in accordance with thisinvention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view. Figure 3 IS an edge vlew.

of a flat segmental blade 1'.

blade there is ahandle 3.

passed a headed pivot 5. passes through an opening in the handleopenings therethrough, and a holding means 1927. Serial 1%,. 193,020.

Preferably the pivot is in the nature of a bolt member and is engaged'bya wing nut 6.

By securing the handle in either of the openings 4 the said handle willbe arranged in aline with one of the straight angle edges of the blade.'Thus the opposite angle edge becomes the active edge of the blade.moving theshovel longitudinally thesnow will be gathered onto the bladeand will be brought to contact with the flange 2 and moved therefrom offof the blade. By this arrangement it will be seen that a path or furrowwill be cut by the blade through a body ofsnow and by each successiveopera tion of the blade along the side of suchpath will widen the saidpath or furrow and that the final operation of the implement, alongthese lines, will direct all of the snow ofl" the path and onto a lawn,street or other surface along the side of the path.

WVith my improvement snow can be 1'6? moved and automatically directedaway from a path made thereby in an easy and expeditious manner. Theimprovement entirely obviates the necessity of lifting the shovel andthrowing the snow to one side as is customary with such class ofimplements.

Having described-the invention, I claim:

A snow shovel comprising a flat segmental blade whose rounded edge isflanged upwardly, a handle on the upper face of the blade pivotedthereto centrally with respect to the flange and to the apex of theblade, said blade at points equidistant from the pivot, and adjacent tothe flange having 80 designed tobe passed through saidopenings andthrough the handle for holding the handle in a line with either of theangle edges of the blade. I j

' .In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD H. EDEN.

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